Come to Germany to work and find love, British are told

Germany has launched a £120 million drive to entice young workers from Britain to come to the country and work as apprentices by offering generous all-expenses-paid schemes.

 
UK unemployment rose to 7.8% in the first three months of the year.

With the aim of plugging the skills gaps in Germany’s prosperous economy, Berlin will encourage hundreds of Britons aged 18 to 35 to take up the three-year apprenticeships.

Prospective candidates must be educated to ‘A’ level standard and will be offered the chance to come and work and study.

The package includes wages of almost £700 a month after tax, as well as 170 hours of language lessons thrown in for free, the Daily Mail reported.

The apprentices will have their moving costs paid for them, plus two expenses-paid visits home each year and training at one of Germany’s highly-esteemed vocational colleges.

It is hoped some British apprentices will even stay in the country after completing the scheme.

Germany has the lowest youth joblessness rate in Europe, while in Britain unemployment rose to 7.8% in the first three months of the year.
Bob Bischof, of the German-British Chamber of Industry and Commerce, said: “This is a great offer for young Britons to get top-flight training in Germany.
“We hope many of those who come over will like the life, maybe meet a German partner, and stay for good.
“It means British employers will have to try harder to get the best young apprentices as it is more competition.”
The scheme is being run in the UK by the International Business Academy.
The academy’s Wulf Schroeter said: “Generally, the brightest youngsters don’t like to be unemployed.
“Therefore they wouldn’t leave their country if there are enough alternatives.
“It’s the job of the governments everywhere to establish conditions for the economy to invest their money and create jobs.”